Jaime Has Been Hired as a Screenplay Writer by a Television

Multiple Choice

Jaime has been hired as a screenplay writer by a television production company. Although he is a very creative individual, Jaime has recently started suffering from writer's block. In order to unblock himself, Jaime picked up a collection of Shakespeare's works and began combing it for ideas. He finally drafted a screenplay about a young couple from feuding families whose love, though strong, ends in tragedy. Which of the following is TRUE of Jaime with respect to the authorship requirements of copyright law?

A) Jaime does not meet the requirements because scripts are not copyrightable works.
B) Jaime does not meet the requirements because he may be violating the copyright for Romeo and Juliet.
C) Jaime does not meet the requirements because his work is not original.
D) Jaime does not meet the requirements because his work is not novel.
E) none of the above